AFL Round 6 – Preview

JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is publisher and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne). He appears on ABCTV's Offsiders.
He can be contacted j.t.h@footyalmanac.com.au
He is married to The Handicapper and has three kids - Theo11, Anna9, Evie8.
He might not be the worst putter in the world but he's in the worst three.
His ambition is to lunch for Australia.

West Coast v Western Bulldogs
JTH: West Coast by 60 points.
Outcome: West Coast by 70 points. Oh, so close. [-10]

NIne from nine but still 193 points away from perfection or an average of 21.4 points adrift per game in Round Six.
That’s not bad at all, John Harms. I’m impressed.

In the footyalmanac 2013 tipping comp at footytips.com.au, 24 of the 55 tipsters achieved nine from nine this week and three of those picked the perfect margin for Game One. Eleven of the 55 were within four points for the correct margin for Game One. That’s stunning. We are a smart mob.

In 2014, one of the hundreds of online footy tipping comps could think about mounting a competition where you have to pick the margin for every game, not just the first game. They could offer a huge prize, $500,000 or something, if anyone manages the hole in one. And charge punters $1 each week to enter. Now there is a goldmine of a thought. Anyone reading this is welcome to pick it up if they are willing to send me 1% of their turnover. Half of the proceeds of that contract will go to the maintenance of this site – the rest will purchase a vat of champagne.

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